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To dress like a fricassee.

Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion. Gasserian ganglion (Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve.

Glassy; glazed. [Obs.] And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.

A fish of the great lakes; the wall-eyed pike.

One who harasses.

An impassable road or way; a blind alley; cul-de-sac; fig., a position or predicament affording no escape.

An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.

Less. [Obs.] Chaucer.

See Levy in mass, under Levy, n.

A native or inhabitant of Madagascar, or Madecassee; the language of the natives of Madagascar. See Malagasy.

Of or pertaining to Madagascar or its inhabitants.

A stroke made with the cue held vertically.

A priest who celebrates Mass. [R.] Bale.

The large muscle which raises the under jaw, and assists in mastication.

Of or pertaining to the masseter.

Masseteric.

One who performs massage.

A shrike or butcher bird; -- called also mattages. [Prov. Eng.]

Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief; as, matelassé silks.

See Bagasse.